'The Lazarus Project' Season 2 Finally Lands a Streaming Home in the U.S.

There is nothing more frustrating than a great show failing to gain traction because the network that airs or streams it is too busy imploding to actually do its job of marketing TV shows so that audiences can find them and watch. While Paramount+ and MGM+ have been the poster children for this problem, paying good money for worthwhile series that then languish unwatched on services to which no one subscribes, Warner Bros. Discovery and David Zaslav haven't been slouches in mishandling their programs either. From The Great Pottery Throw Down to It's a Sin, the once and future HBO Max is filled with genuinely spectacular content, most of which viewers have no idea exists.

However, as time passes and HBO Max prepares to be sold to the highest bidder, those shows are finally starting to escape their containment. First, it was The Tourist, which the BBC pulled back from WBD after it failed to market Season 1. It was subsequently moved to Netflix, where Season 2 eventually debuted. Now, the same is finally happening with The Lazarus project, one of the truly gregarious failures of the WBD era.

The Lazarus Project is a time-hopping romance that thoroughly twists its true love tropes, starring Paapa Essiedu (The Capture) as George with Charly Clive (Pure) co-starring as the love-of-his-life (well, in some timelines anyway), Sarah. The series was supposed to anchor TNT's drama slate in January 2022 but was yanked from the schedule less than a week before its premiere and rescheduled for June with no notice. It was also renewed for Season 2 and confirmed for TNT before Season 1 premiered. However, Season 2 came and went on Sky in the U.K. in late 2023, with no sign of it on TNT, HBO, Max, or anything. Since then, the show has been in streaming limbo no longer on Max, but nowhere else either, until now.

Here is the synopsis for Season 1 if you need to get caught up:

The Lazarus Project is a riveting eight-hour drama that follows George, the latest recruit to The Lazarus Project – a secret organization that has harnessed the ability to turn back time whenever the world is at the threat of extinction. George and his colleagues are the few people on Earth with the ability to remember the events that are undone when time goes back. But when a freak accident harms someone close to George, Lazarus won’t let him turn back time to undo it unless there is the threat of global extinction. Now George must choose to stay loyal or go rogue as he faces the question of: if you had the power to re-write your past, what would you sacrifice to do it? The Lazarus Project explores our desire to take charge of what is beyond our control and is a moving story of love and fate within a gripping action thriller that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

And here is the synopsis for Season 2:

When the world locks into a never-ending time loop that will ultimately end with the planet’s complete extinction, the Lazarus team must race against time to find a solution before humanity is wiped out forever. Among their number is resolute Lazarus agent George, who’s been left in disgrace after betraying the organization in the name of love. George is determined to redeem himself and win back the trust of his friends, colleagues, and the love of his life. But when he discovers that the cause he’s fighting is more sinister than it appears, George begins to suspect that the only person he can really trust is himself.

Alongside Essiedu and Clive, The Lazarus Project stars Anjli Mohindra (The Suspect), Tom Burke (C.B. Strike), Caroline Quentin (Doc Martin), Brian Gleeson (Peaky Blinders), Rudi Dharmalingam (Hamlet), Vinette Robinson (Sherlock), and Alec Utgoff (Dracula). Season 2 casting additions include Colin Salmon (Culprits), Royce Pierreson (The Irregulars), Safia Oakley-Green (The Burning Girls), Lorne MacFadyen (Starstruck), Zoe Telford (Mrs. Sidhu Investigates), Sam Troughton (Litvinenko), and James Atherton (Van der Valk).

The two-season series hails from Girl/Haji creator Joe Barton, who penned both eight-episode seasons, with directors Marco Kreuzpaintner (Bodies), Laura Scrivano (Wedding Season), and Akaash Meeda (Black Ops) sharing directing duties on Season 1. Carl Tibbetts (We Hunt Together), Sean Spencer (Bergerac), and Pier Wilkie (Better) split helming duties across Season 2. Barton and Kreuzpaintner executive produce both seasons along with Johnny Capps, Paul Gilbert, and Julian Murphy.

Both seasons of The Lazarus Project will stream on Netflix starting Monday, July 28, 2025.